Picture-displaying cabinet.



A. PINKERTON.

PICTURE DISPLAYING UABINET.

APPLIuArIoH Huw uuml. 190s.

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WITNESSES A. PINKBRTN.

PICTURE DIEPLYING CABINET.

APrLIoATIoH rmnn unal. 190s.

902,833. Patented Nov. 3, 190s.

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A URN n `UlfI'IED STAEATENT OFFICE.

ALLAN PINKERTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

l fist d@ inkom it may concern Bewit known that I, ALLAN PLNKERTON, a citizen of tie United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, city and State of Xen York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture-Displaying Cabinets, of which the following is a specification." rf t t Initheunodcrn system of identifying and lo keepin track of criminals, it has become a genera practice to photograph every person charged 1with `a serious crime, and also to take certain other data. such as Bertillon measurements to be preserved for the puri.. pose of making identification sure at a. fixture time. A great many of these photographs naturally accumulate in the courstI of time, andin large detective bureaus, or at the headquarters ofv the police dep-.irtlnents of vgij the 'vanious'large cities, is it necessary to havehthe'sephotographs always ready for dn'tvenient inspection. ifMyi resent invention relates to a cabinet ho ding a. number of these photographs f2.5 in such `way that they may be readily inspected, and at the same time rotected from the wear incident to repeated andling. My cabinet may also be ut to a variety of other uses, such as the isplay of works of 3b Aart, postal cards, samples, or any articles of a character' ada ted to be displayed in a cabinet; ai'tlfwhic i'require protection and caretftilahandlingf, together with accessibility to 932') oritlie pur oses ofillustrating my invention, I have c osen one specific form, which is shown in detail in the accompanying drawings, but I do not wish to be limited thereto as it is obvious that many changes may be made in this specific embodiment which will fall within the scope of the claims.

'Inithese drawings Figure 1 represents a Avertical section of my im )roved invention l italtenalonvthe line `14.1 oi Fig. S, the cabi- 'i5 et being shownin closed osition. Fig. 2 is ""sii "ier-section taken a ong line II-II of iF ,the lcover oflthe cabinet being shown raised, and three of the picture holding leaves being turned into upright position.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on an enlarged scale of one of the picture holding leaves, parts being broken away. Fig. 1 isl a transverse section oi' the edg.l portions ot two adi Y "ctiiit/leives; Fig. .3' is a detail section on ",ibi" tie VL-V of 'Figslf `Fig. 6 is a detail section I Specification of Letten Patent. x ,lippiicaaon and January a1, isos. serial no. nam.

^ PICTURE-DISPLAYING CABINET.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

on line VI--VI of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a detail view of a portion of one of the rack members showing the conjiguration of the notches. F ig. 8 is a top plan view of the cabinet, a portion of the cover thereof being broken away. Fig. 9 is a fragmentary front elevation of the cabinet, the parts being shown in the position of Fig. 2. Fig. 10 is a lan view on an enlarged scale of a portion o one ot' the picture holding leaves.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals, 1 is the body or box portion of the cabinet comprising a bottom, two vertical sides of the configuration shown in Figs.. l and 2, and one vertical end, the other end of the box being open. To the upper edge of the end is hinged at 6 the cover "l, which is formed ot two sections 3 and 4 hinged together at 5. The section 3 of the cover is made just long enough to reach to the angle 7 7 of the box sides, the section. 4 extending from this angle t0 the bottom of the box. This section may be provided at its lower portion with a loc-k 8 for lockin the cover to the box and with handles 9, if esired. The upper edges of the box sides are preferably provided with inturned stepped shelves 10 shown in detail in Fig. 5, which support thc cover sections and form lateralA guides therefor. The cover sections are reterably provided along their edges at suitable intervals with ldowel pins 11, which enter corresponding holes in the shelves 10, and serve to hold the sides and cover together when the cover is closed. \Yhen the cover is in raised position, it is supported by a pair of links 12 pivoted to lugs 13 carried by the cover, the free ends of said links being provided with longitudinal slots 1-1 in which work studs 15 carried by brackets 15a attached to the box sides. These links preferably have attached thereto plates 16, which cover the lslots 14 and the studs presenting a finished appearalice and preventing the sides'of the slot from spreading. The cover section 3 is preferably provided near the hinge 6 with a transverse rib 1T, which serves to strengthen it. and also to provide a support for the picture holding leaves 18 when those leaves are turned into upright position.

F or supporting the picture holding leaves 1S within the cabinet. I provide a "rack formed ol two inclined members 19 and 20, one at each side ot' the cabinet and attached thereto. These inclined members are prefseries of holes 22 for the reception of the f intles 23 of the leaves 1S. The member 19 v 1s similar tothe member 30, except that in pictures.

l each side.

Vedges 36 of transverse strips riveted to placeof the holes 22, slots or notches 24 are provided, which receive the intles on ,the other sides of the leaves 1S. hese slots or notches preferably have substantially vertical Walls, the lower Wellbeing curved or.

hooked over slightly toward the upper Wall at its upper end, as shown most clearly in 7, to prevent the pintle from slipping outl too easily. I Y The picture holding leaves 18 for use in this cabinet may of diii'erent Ways, but I have devised one construction, which I iind articularly convenient and serviceable, and7 which is illustrated in detail in Figs.' 3 4 and 10; The body of 4this leaf is preferably constructed of a thin sheet of metal 25 stiifened at its lower edge by a transverse wire or rod 26, and at its uper )ect beyond the body of the leaf to form the support intles 23. The side edges ofthe leaf are stl ened by means of channel members 28, which also serve the purpose of spacing members to'hold the leaves apart, and to prevent the pictures 29 attached to one leaf from rubbing against those attached to the next adjacent leaf and becoming in jured. The leaves are preferably of suiiicient size to hold a considerable number of ictures, those illustrated being designed to hold one hundred photographs, fty upon These are arranged in five. rows, ten in'each row. For holdin` the pictures 29 in these rows, I attach to the leaves transverse strips 30, which are. carried by and fixed to rods 31, which in turn are mounted in bearings 32. These beari gs 3'?. are preferably formed of suitable ent or curved over portions of metal strips 33, which are riveted to the leaves. The strips 30 are normally pressed down and made to clamp the photographsy by springs 34.- I find it most convenient to use a pair of .these clamping strips arranged end'to end iorholdin eaci row of pictures, each strip holding ha of a row, and bein(y mounted onits own supporting rod 3l. t:Each rod is provided at its outer' end with some means for turning it, such as the thumb piece 35, so as to raise the strip 30 toT ermit insertion or removal of strips hold the upper edges of the pictures, the lower edges thereof being retained in place by being slipped under the slightlyraised t 1e leaves, which may be theI same strips 33,

be constructed in a varietyedge by a rod 27, the ends of which pro ese spring pressed clamping.

y strips tographs. For the purpose of spacing the photographs laterallyv from one another, I preferably strike up from the body of the eaves, iortions 37.

. It wi be seen that the arrangement just described for holding the pictures is duplicated upon the tivo sides of each leaf, the

relative arrangement of the movable and fixed clamping strips being reversed upon the upper `and lovver side-s. As the result of this, t e pictures on the two sides will be relatively reversed, and Iwhen looking at the pictures on the top of the leaf, they will he erect, and when t e leaf is turned into upright position the pictures on the bott om of the leaf will also be erect.

I preferably construct all the parts of the cabinet of metal, which makes, 'it ve durable and revents its destruction by nre.

I have ound a cabinet constructed in accordance with m invention ve V in use and ca ab e of holding allyerge number of photograp -in comparatively small compass, at the same time enmtting all of them to be easily inspects and ermitting the ready removal of 'any particu ar picture. It is particularly important to prov-ide for such removal as various data referrin to the picture are usually inscribed on the ack thereof. It is also possible toremove a whole leaf, if for any reason it becomes desirable, as the leaf may be tilted slightly to raise one of its pintles from the open notch, it then being a simple matter to slip the other pintle out of 4the hole in the other member of the rack.

Having thus described the referred embodiment of my invention, I c aim 1. In combination a cabinet having an open top, a leaf supporting rack-in said cabinet, a series of leaves mounted in said rack, each ing means, said means com rising iiXed transverse strips" slightly raise at one sag?, and hinged ltransverse strips adapted to e pressed against the leaf bv springs.

2. In combination acabinet', a rack therein, a series of sheet metal picture holding 4 leaves pivote-ily mounted at one end in sai rack and stifening channels attached to each convenient side of the side' edges of said leaves, said stiffening channels serving also as means to space the leaves apart 3. In comblnation, a cabinet, a series of picture holding leaves, and means 1n the cabinet for supportingthe leaves therein, each leaf bein(y provided on each side thereof with picture holding devices comprising fixed having one edge thereof slighttly l raised, and movable strips, rotatable ro s end of each rod projecting which carry the bearing rods 31 of the spring pressed clamping strips, which hold the upper edges of the next succeeding rovv of photo which said movable stri s are fixed, an

e5-ond a side of the leaf and bein(y 'provided with a thumb piece by means oi3 which it may be rotated,

i and the movable strip attached thereto may be raised, and springs for pressing down said movable stri s.

4. In com ination7 a cabinet, a series of picture holding leaves and means in the cabinet for supporting the leaves therein, each leaf being formed of sheet metal and being provided with means for holding pictures thereon in rows, and portions struck up from the body of the sheet for spacing the pictures in a row.

5. A picture holding leaf provided with a fixed transverse strip secured thereto, one of its edges being slightly raised to provide a space for the insertion of the edge of a picture, portions of the other edge of the strip being curled to form tubular bearings, a rod journaled in said bearings, a strip fixed to said rod and a spring tending to hold said last named stri against the leaf.

f5. A icture liolding leaf formed of a sheet of meta a stiening rod at each end of the leaf, the metal being curled about said rods at said ends, the rod at one end projecting at each side of the leaf to form intles, stifl'ening members secured along t 1e side edges of said leat` and projecting from the lane thereof to form means for spacing ad- ]acent leaves apart and picture retaining means carried by the leaves.

ALLAN PIN KERTON.

litnessesz WILLIAM MCINNEs, DAVID C. THORNHILD. 

